WAVE-FUNCTION IMAGING OF THE PBS(001) SURFACE WITH SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY

被引:10
作者
ETTEMA, ARHF [1 ]
HAAS, C [1 ]
MORIARTY, P [1 ]
HUGHES, G [1 ]
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[1] DUBLIN CITY UNIV,DUBLIN 9,IRELAND
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10.1016/0039-6028(93)91136-D
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
With scanning tunneling microscopy in air a large corrugation was observed for the PbS(001) surface when using a small positive tip bias voltage. The observed periodicity of this corrugation does not correspond to the crystallographic periodicity, but rather to the periodicity of the wave function at a maximum of the valence band. This effect can be explained in terms of a charge density wave distortion at the surface of the crystal.
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